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tom hudson will be along a little later in the program. a positive turn in the fiscal cliff crisis. house republicans agree to meet sunday night to resume talks after a day of finger-pointing and complaining in washington. on wall street, fiscal fears created whiplash for investors: a big stock market sell-off and then bounce back on word that lawmakers are springing back into action. and, if you used your smartphone to shop this christmas, you're in fashion. it was the year's top retail trend. we have that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! a dramatic cliff-hanger today between washington and wall street about the fiscal cliff. stocks initially sold off after senate majority leader harry reid predicted the economy would go over the cliff. speaking from the senate floor he said there's not enough time between now and the end of the year to reach a deal. but stocks erased their losses ithe final hour of trading on news that the house of representatives will reconvene on sunday night to resume talks. by the closing bell, the dow was down only 18 points, bouncing back from a triple digit lo
tom hudson will be along a little later in the program. a positive turn in the fiscal cliff crisis. house republicans agree to meet sunday night to resume talks after a day of finger-pointing and complaining in washington. on wall street, fiscal fears created whiplash for investors: a big stock market sell-off and then bounce back on word that lawmakers are springing back into action. and, if you used your smartphone to shop this christmas, you're in fashion. it was the year's top retail trend....
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>> tom: i'm tom hudson. what happens to stock prices if we go over the cliff, what could higher taxes and government spending cuts mean for your portfolio? >> susie: and sprint agrees to pay just over $2 billion to buy the rest of cellular technology company clearwire it doesn't already own. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: president obama and house speaker boehner m for w netiatns tday. after the 45 minute meeting, the white house said "more needs to be done," and boehner's camp said the president is receptive to the new concessions. they include, dropping opposition to the president's demand for higher taxes on the wealthiest americans and an automatic extension of the federal debt limit. it was the third face-to-face meeting between the president and boehner in eight days. darren gersh has the latest. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner wasn't talking after meeting with the president today. but his offer to raise taxes on those making more than a million dollars a year was taken as
>> tom: i'm tom hudson. what happens to stock prices if we go over the cliff, what could higher taxes and government spending cuts mean for your portfolio? >> susie: and sprint agrees to pay just over $2 billion to buy the rest of cellular technology company clearwire it doesn't already own. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: president obama and house speaker boehner m for w netiatns tday. after the 45 minute meeting, the white house said...
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tom hudson talks with sydney finkelstein of the tuck school of business at dartmouth. >> sydney finkelstein is with the tuft school of business at dartmouth, with us again from new york. we spoke last time about your four worst c.e.o.'s. you had two more that were really seen at visionaries but really brought down-to-earth this year. they almost made your list of bad c.e.o.'s. the first is well-known mark zuckerberg, c.e.o. of facebook. the company seems to be trying to get its legs under it now that it is maturing a little bit here. >> what worried me about mark zuckerberg and why he almost got on the list is he has created a little dictatorship as facebook, even though he only owns now a small percentage of the company because the jewel's stock structure and the way he controlled the board of directors he will be a tough guy to get rid of if something does go wrong. so classic traditional and valuable, corporate governance measurements have been thrown out of the door. at the same time i think zuckerberg has been very slow in addressing the rise of mobile has a way in which so much of the
tom hudson talks with sydney finkelstein of the tuck school of business at dartmouth. >> sydney finkelstein is with the tuft school of business at dartmouth, with us again from new york. we spoke last time about your four worst c.e.o.'s. you had two more that were really seen at visionaries but really brought down-to-earth this year. they almost made your list of bad c.e.o.'s. the first is well-known mark zuckerberg, c.e.o. of facebook. the company seems to be trying to get its legs under...
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. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. president obama urges house speaker john boehner to take his deal on the fiscal cliff, calling it something republicans can be proud of. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. the c.e.o. of manufacturer johnson controls says business is looking good for 2013, but going over the fiscal cliff could change that. >> tom: and the u.s. treasury speeds up plans to sell its stake in general motors. is the automaker ready to stand alone? >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> tom: under the threat of a white house veto, the u.s. house
. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. president obama urges house speaker john boehner to take his deal on the fiscal cliff, calling it something republicans can be proud of. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. the c.e.o. of manufacturer johnson controls says business is looking good for 2013, but going over the fiscal cliff could change that. >> tom: and the u.s. treasury speeds up plans to sell its stake in general motors. is the automaker ready to stand alone? >> susie:...
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appropriately tom brokaw joins us as well. okay. >> tom brokaw and bill murray. >> counterintuitive. >> the last person i want to compete with is bill murray. >> you're good, tom. i kind of like your cover, except for the pink bra. you had to go there and have boobs there somewhere. >> everybody is geeking out that. >> geeking out? >> bill murray is a fascinating choice. i remember when he was going to play fdr, i was really, really surprised. the reviews are in and he did a masterful job. >> jon has his book on jefferson. we need more big stories playing historic people. ryan gosling playing jefferson. >> i think that jon's success of his book speaks to this as well. people are looking for a brave he and heroic leaders at critical times in history. fdr led this country out of depression and into the history of man kind and he was also charming and complicated. >> just like bill murray. >> just like bill murray. he had a whole string of caddie shack franchises across the country. >> exactly. he loved to play pranks on people l
appropriately tom brokaw joins us as well. okay. >> tom brokaw and bill murray. >> counterintuitive. >> the last person i want to compete with is bill murray. >> you're good, tom. i kind of like your cover, except for the pink bra. you had to go there and have boobs there somewhere. >> everybody is geeking out that. >> geeking out? >> bill murray is a fascinating choice. i remember when he was going to play fdr, i was really, really surprised. the...